Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 10th October 2010

psychopathbabble

Red again this week, haven't bought my bag yet but got a coat in asda for 18 quid..... oops.

pointypenguin

Evening budgeteers,

I have updated the first post, let me know if I missed anything. Welcome to the new joiners.

I have £2.50 in my purse and £10 in my spends account for this week. So total so far is £37.50. Most of this was on drinks out last night and taxi home (about £25) the rest was on lunch and coffee and work today.

It is going to be tight as I agreed to go for lunch with a friend I used to work with on Friday and I know that will be about £9 but it I can keep it low tomorrow I might just make it.

SazM030306

Well I went for my coffee (and carrot cake!) yesterday and then out for curry in the evening - I have 60p left!!!
So £19.40 / £20 spent so far. NSDs needed now

Saz xxx

pointypenguin

Hey hedgesparrow I've never used bookmooch but I do use greenmetroplis. Does it work the same way?

hedgesparrow

Pointy, thank you! I am definately going to join that website. On bookmooch no one pays it is a points system. Whoever sends the book pays postage and then you get points to "buy" books which are sent to you for free. But that website looks like there is more choice so I will join it too - any advice?

I am really over. And it is going to be more because I have knitting group tonight.

Yesterday:

I spent £1 on hot chocolate meeting up with a friend at lunchtime

Then I drove 15 miles after work to go to hobbycraft / john lewis to buy eyes for stuffed animals but neither had the right ones.

But hobbycraft had the perfect wool for my friends christmas knitted gift reduced to clear because some one had unwound and then rewound all the balls. So I spent £11.10 on five balls
And then I found a good little christmas gift for one of my cousins - a make your own mosaic coaster for £2.49
And I bought some pretty pins cause I want to make lots of pin cushions to sell to raise money for my knitting group - £3.58

I am pleased with the wool - I was worried about finding the right colour and I wanted it to be good quality and this is a cashmere mix. It is ever so soft and I have started knitting it - it knits up lovely.

But I am a bad bad girl for going over. It will have to come out of next week's money.

karmachilovething

I am doing quite well with the spending, but not on the health front!

Spent £23 on train ticket yesterday, but the eating out money I'd accounted for wasn't needed

No lunch as I worked straight through for the meeting. Then I went to pub to celebrate the completion of the project, and ended up staying rather later than intended. Still hadn't eaten, but skipped McD's (good thrice over - money, ethics and health!) to catch a train home, and then when I got there the chinese takeaway was closed too, so I spent nothing at all on food yesterday. I had pasta leftovers when I got home instead.

Going for a NSD again today, but not a NE(at)D again, that's really not good for you!

littlepinkstars44

So todays spends were:
£1.75 x 2 for bus fare to uni so £3.50
£3.00 pub lunch with uni friends
£1.50 pasta pot from Morrisons for my dinner
40p WW crisps from Morrisons

Total spend for today: £8.40
Total for the week: £16.40/£20

Not looking so good, especially as a have uni again tomorrow, so another £3.50 bus fare, finish early though so won't need to buy any lunch in town, but i am going out for dinner and a bottle of wine tomorrow night, so will be over budget this week

pointypenguin

hedgesparrow wrote: »

Pointy, thank you! I am definately going to join that website. On bookmooch no one pays it is a points system. Whoever sends the book pays postage and then you get points to "buy" books which are sent to you for free. But that website looks like there is more choice so I will join it too - any advice?

I find greenmetropolis is good but you need to put a lot of books on and they sell in fits and starts. Sometimes I sell 3 books in a week other times it is 1 book in 3 months. I just try to save the money up and buy books when I need them (for bookgroup etc.). I have recently rediscovered the library and forgotten how good it is. I can reserve books and then pick them up at the library near work all for free.

I did spent money on salad to go with lunch today but with a bit of creative accounting this has come from the grocery budget:o

karmachilovething

I spent another £2 on train tickets today - have to go take some car parts to the garage in the next town, and the train is cheaper than the bus!

hedgesparrow

I spent £2.50 at knitting group